New Orleans

Louisiana

French Quarter

Pass, the Vieux Carre Shuttle
route lies through the French
Quarter, down river to the
Faubourg Marigny (full of
Caribbean colors and Creole
architecture) and upriver to the
Central Business & Arts District.

Prowl the French Market's
seven buildings from the Bazaar
and the Red Stores to the Flea
Market for souvenir bargains in
local products, tee-shirts,
jewelry, masks, and assorted
oddities.

Window shop along Royal,
Chartres, Bourbon, and the
narrow French Quarter streets
for the beautiful to the bizarre:
eccentric wares, strange cards,
posters, clothes, voodoo potions,
jewelry, and costumes.

Stroll around
Jackson
Square
and look over the
artists shoulders as they sketch
and paint; enjoy the street
musicians and dancers, and
mock the mimes. At the Cafe
du Monde, $2.50 buys cafe au
lait, beignets, and a window
onto the heart of the Vieux
Carre with its thronging crowds.

Where Bourbon Street and St. Phillip Street meet is one of the oldest buildings in the French Quarter.
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop.

See the Spanish-inspired
architecture of
St. Louis Cathedral
free. (Many concerts
there are also free.)

The
Pharmacy Museum houses a
19th-century apothecary shop at
514 Chartres.
For just $5 a pop, learn how
the French and Spanish arrived
and the Creoles lived.
The
Louisiana State Museum maintains five French
Quarter Sites:
The Presbytere
Cabildo Madame John's
Legacy, the 1850s House, and
the U.S. Mint.
Other Historic sites and museums,
like Hermann Grima,
Beauregard-Keyes, Gallier
House, and the Old Ursuline
Convent
419 Decatur.

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